Political Jackass

Ann Coulter, the poster girl for the Republican party needs to shut up already. I’m so sick of her lies and rude comments. In case you were not away, several months ago she came under fire for calling former Senator John Edwards a “faggot”. She has also said, “If I’m going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.” Very nice. I’m glad to see Edwards’ wife Elizabeth has confronted her, asking her to stop the personal attacks, not just against them, but against everyone she has attacked over the years, such as 9/11 widows. This woman has no class, no dignity, and most of all, she has no clue.

Vice President Dick Cheney blocked the promotion of a Justice Department official involved in a bedside standoff over President Bush’s eavesdropping program, a Senate committee learned Wednesday.

In a written account, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey said Cheney warned Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that he would oppose the promotion of a department official who once threatened to resign over the program.

Gonzales eventually decided against trying to promote Patrick Philbin to principal deputy solicitor general, Comey said.

“I understood that someone at the White House communicated to Attorney General Gonzales that the vice president would oppose the appointment if the attorney general pursued the matter,” Comey wrote. “The attorney general chose not to pursue it.

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